One of the most enjoyable parts of being a Living Historian and pursuing the lifestyle of our forefathers, is what has become known as Trekking. Trek is really a South African word which means "to travel". I think that this is a most appropriate term for what we love to do.

We "travel" not only in a physical realm, but also in a philosophical and historical sense as well.

It is our aim to travel back in time as we travel forward through this age and place. We seek to recreate the lifestyles and methods that were common to a period in the dim past, by a process that has become known as "Experimental Archeology". Many of the day-to-day practices and methods of doing things were not recorded by our ancestors because they were so common that everybody knew how to do them. When new technologies came along and supplanted the previous practices, the old ways died with those who knew them.

We now have to take common tools and other items from these past times, and experiment with them to discover how the people who owned them used them. This is where the experimental part comes in. Many times, archeologist have discovered items in their digs which no one has seen before. They have written accounts of someone using an item, but hadn't found an example of the item. By matching descriptions and actual items, we discover another piece of history that was lost.

The purpose of this page is to provide an information gathering point by which we can present planned treks and allow the people who plan the trek to describe the planned trek and solicit participants, or for a participant to inquire about planned treks for a specific time frame or area.

Initially, all items for inclusion need to be emailed to Dan Lambert to be placed on this list.

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